Here are the top
outdoor marks to date for season for local track field athletes.
Hand times are rounded up to the nearest tenth of a second. Where
tenths were unreported, times have been rounded up to the nearest
second.

In the golf
competition at Bryden Canyon Golf Course on April 5, Kendrick
claimed its first victory of the season, over Lewiston JV II and
Orofino. Kendrick's Austin Hall turned in an 80 for the lowest
score.

Weather
conditions were the early concern, but the true challenge turned out
to be putting on the recently plugged greens.

The roster for
the Maniac Golf team this year is: Boys – Dylan Ford, Clint Garrett,
Thad Goodrich, Abraham Guitron, Austin Hengen, Dusty Kellar, Cody
Kleer-Larsen, Chandler Lytle, Justin Smith and Chris Tallmadge. The
girls are Amanda Bonner, Vanessa Martress, Jenni McPherson and Beth
Salzman. Of them all, most have just one year, or less experience
playing golf, so it’s a constant learning process.

The team is
coached by Ashley Sartini who is assisted by Brandy Kellar, Matt
Sartini and Randy Steiner and occasionally Shaquille Burke. We’ve
been practicing since March 1 and several things have happened
since. The team did some fundraising to guarantee its existence
since no funding is available for our sport via the school system.
Due to the outstanding generosity of the community; we are on our
way to securing enough moneys to fund the entire year.

Those efforts
will be bolstered by a fundraising golf tournament at the Orofino
Golf and Country Club this upcoming Saturday, April 10. It will be a
four person scramble event and all funds raised will benefit youth
golf for the Orofino and Kendrick high school teams. If you’re not
doing anything, plan on coming out and having fun in the sun while
supporting youth golf. If you don’t have partners, don’t worry,
we’ll find you some.

The golf team
couldn’t exist without the community’s generosity and the support of
both of the local golf courses. Kayler’s Bend hosts high school
practices on Mondays and Tuesdays, plus an optional practice on
Friday while Wednesday and Thursday find the team at the Orofino
Golf and Country Club (OG&CC).

We wish to
extend our thanks to the Kayler family and the Board of Directors at
OG&CC for their support. Also, special thanks to Skip Wilson and
Monte Davis for supplying hundreds of golf balls they’ve found in
their safaris off the fairways. Those used balls help immensely.

The girls
scores posted were: Vanessa Martress – 56, Jenni McPherson – 69 and
Amanda Bonner – 71. Not only was it the first match of the year, and
for many on the team, their first match ever, but the conditions
were nasty. It was extremely windy and cold, two things that don’t
go along well with golf.

On March 25,
the Maniacs were again at Asotin and the players that got a chance
to play again showed marked improvement. Boys: Justin Smith – 45
(-17), Chris Tallmadge – 47 (-2), Dusty Kellar – 49 (-12) and Cody
Kleer-Larson – 66 who didn’t play the first week. The girls were
just two, Amanda Bonner scored 59 (-12) and Vanessa Martress also
had a 59.

Scores for the
match at Bryden Canyon,
Monday, April 5 will appear separately in the sports section. This
is just the beginning of a long process for the team that will
culminate in Districts and hopefully State later in the year.

You can support
the Maniac Golf Team by playing this weekend in the fundraising
tourney or by contacting Ashley and Matt Sartini at 476-3271,
or Randy Steiner at 476-5106.

Anything helps,
golf is an expensive sport to participate in and we have to travel
at least twice where we’ll stay overnight. Thanks again for your
support.